I've been wanting to try N11 and can't seem to get it to play nicely.

I've had no troubles with previous versions 0.09 and gingerbread.

So I downloaded the new N11 tar.bz2 file and the suggested kernel and got the system to boot ok but during the boot process I get this:

smia-sensor 2-0010: firmware: requesting smia-sensor-01-022b-04.bin
smia-sensor 2-0010: : can't load
et8ek8 3-003e: firmware: requesting et8ek8-0002.bin
et8ek8 3-003e: firmware: can't load

I'm wondering whether these modules are important?

Also, I get random lockups when the UI is loading. I have removed as much as I can see settings relating to Nitsroid from my Mydocs.